Mercury & Neptune: The Planets with the Fastest & Slowest Orbits

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The planet with the smallest orbit is Mercury. It takes only 88 days to orbit the Sun. The planet with the largest orbit is Neptune, which takes 165 years to orbit the Sun.

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